Here is the second 12" released in 1999 by the rap trio Swollen Members, consisted of Mad Child, Prevail and DJ Zodak from Vancouver, Canada. It came out on their own Battle Axe Label.
The wax consists of the tracks "Front Street" produced by The Alchemist on the A-side and "Counter Parts" on the B-side which features Dilated Peoples' Iriscience and Evidence who produced the track. It also features the legendary Kutmasta Kurt on the cuts. In my opinion "Counter Parts" is definitely the best track pressed on this very cheap 12".
"A.G. returns with all-start cast, featuring the likes of Diamond D, Lord Finesse, Alchemist and more. For this album, he’s on his a-game, from beginning to end. Touching on topics from the hip hop biz, street tales and political hypocrisy. The Taste Of AMBrosia is a full meal serving for mature rap devotees who’ve grown tired of contemporary rhymesayer laziness. Joined by guests including Diamond D, A-Bless and Thirstin Howl III, A.G. backs up his claim that he is ill enough to paint his own portrait, and illustrates and vision of rap immortality that hardcore heads and fellow legacy MCs alike can worship eternally." - Fatbeats
Produced by Lord Finesse, Alchemist, Diamond D, Ahmed, Ray West, K-Boogie, The Last Genius ...
10 - Sell Me This Pen feat. Alchemist & Mach Hommy
11 - Love Is A Funny Thing feat. Styles P, Rapsody, & Khrysis
12 - 10,000 Hours
13 - What I Need
14 - To Make A Long Story Longer feat. Jonwayne
15 - Wonderful World feat. Rakaa
16 - By My Side Too
"Evidence has returned to deliver his third solo album, Weather or Not, the final chapter in The Weatherman series before beginning the next saga. “As a writer and a rapper, I’ve been using the weather as a metaphor my whole career,” Evidence explains. “On the Dilated Peoples song “Guaranteed”, I had a line that said, ‘Some think I’m clever, others think I’m the one who makes too many references to weather… or not.’ Every time I would perform that song live, the crowd would always say the ‘or not’, so I knew I was on to something, and it would eventually be an album title.”
For Weather or Not, Evidence tapped a stellar cast of producers to share duties with, including Alchemist, DJ Premier, Nottz, DJ Babu, Twiz The Beat Pro, Sam I Yam and Budgie. The album also features an all-star lineup of guests and friends, including Slug (Atmosphere), Rakaa (Dilated Peoples), Alchemist, Styles P, Rapsody, Jonwayne, Defari, Krondon, Khrysis, Mach Hommy and Catero.
“I made this album with loyalists in mind,” Evidence says. “There’s nothing that’s unintentional. There are no wasted words.” While the album predominantly highlights his talent as a rapper, Evidence is also a well known producer, photographer and videographer. But, for all of his non-stop, high-level productivity, Evidence is most notably modest, a quality fully captured on Weather Or Not.
“Now that the album is finished, I can see clearly that every single song serves its own purpose. To me, it’s like a playlist, or a greatest hits collection…except that none of these songs existed before I made them.” "
Release Date : January 26th 2018 Pre-Orders : Vinyl / CD
